He may, by a coalition with copperheads and rebels, succeed, but the simple fact that nine- tenths of them who voted for him do not agree with him, and that he only controls the other tenth by power intrusted to him by the Union party, will damn him forever.
Sherman warns that the President's reliance on a coalition with opposing factions will lead to his downfall.
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